diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0523c0b5a..3ba74aff9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pyne/pyne/readme.rst")
 endif()
 
 # Make the scripts in the "cmake" directory available to CMake
-# set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "cmake" PARENT_SCOPE)
-# set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "/usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.29.6/share/cmake/Modules")
-MESSAGE("CMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake)
 include(DAGMC_macros)
 
diff --git a/src/dagmc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dagmc/CMakeLists.txt
index cc51ac92c..4bc24b286 100644
--- a/src/dagmc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dagmc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ set(LINK_LIBS_EXTERN_NAMES MOAB_LIBRARIES HDF5_LIBRARIES)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/dagmc)
 
 dagmc_install_library(dagmc)
-add_dependencies(dagmc-shared MOAB)
-target_link_libraries(dagmc-shared PUBLIC ${MOAB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64/libMOAB.so)
+
+if(DDL_INSTALL_DEPS)
+  add_dependencies(dagmc-shared MOAB)
+  target_link_libraries(dagmc-shared PUBLIC ${MOAB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64/libMOAB.so)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(tools)
 
 if (BUILD_TESTS)
diff --git a/src/pyne/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pyne/CMakeLists.txt
index 743913759..500e28b69 100644
--- a/src/pyne/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pyne/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ if(NOT (${HDF5_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 1.12.0))
  endif()
 
 dagmc_install_library(pyne_dagmc)
-add_dependencies(pyne_dagmc-shared MOAB)
+if(DDL_INSTALL_DEPS)
+  add_dependencies(pyne_dagmc-shared MOAB)
+endif()